The Architecture of Wales
From the First to the Twenty-First Century
Will be published approx. on 15. August 2018
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-78683-284-9 (ISBN)
Description
Architecture reflects not only a nation's history, but also how its people lived, worked, prayed and fought over the centuries. Since the publication of John B. Hilling's The Historic Architecture of Wales in 1976, there has been no other attempt at addressing the architecture of Wales as a whole, and this revised publication meets a long-felt need for a general survey of architecture in Wales. It covers two thousand years of architectural history, reflecting the nation's life from Roman times to the present century - less a revision of the original than a complete re-writing, taking into account recent research and recent buildings. The book is illustrated with 268 colour and black-and-white photographs, drawings, plans and maps.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Wales
United Kingdom
Illustrations
No
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 245 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78683-284-9 (9781786832849)
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E-Book
08/2018
1st Edition
University of Wales Press
€35.99
Available for download
E-Book
08/2018
1st Edition
University of Wales Press
€35.99
Available for download
Person
Before retiring, John B. Hilling was an architect and town planner. Born in Abertysswg, in the Rhymney valley, he now lives in Cardiff and is the author of nine books and numerous articles, mostly on historic architecture in Wales.
Content
General Editor's Preface
`Letting the Light In' Gillian Clarke
List of Illustrations and
Acknowledgements
Author's Preface and Acknowledgements
Land, History and Architecture Roman Occupation and Celtic Survival
Early Castles of the Middle Ages
Later Castles of the Middle Ages
Romanesque Churches of the Middle Ages
Gothic Churches of the Middle Ages
Other Secular Buildings and Towns of the Middle Ages
Tudor and Renaissance Architecture
Vernacular Houses
Neoclassicism, Gothick and the Picturesque
Non-domestic Architecture in the Eighteenth Century
Industry and Transport, 1800-1815
Country Houses and Planned Towns, 1800-1915
Religion and Education, 1800-1915
Civic and Communal, 1800-1915
Arts and Crafts to Early Modernism, 1900-1939
Late Modernism, 1940-1985
Recent Developments, 1986-2017, Simon Unwin
Appendix 1: Glossary of Welsh Architectural and Building Terms
Appendix 2: List of Award-winning Architects
Select Bibliography
Index of Architects, Engineers and Designers
General Index
`Letting the Light In' Gillian Clarke
List of Illustrations and
Acknowledgements
Author's Preface and Acknowledgements
Land, History and Architecture Roman Occupation and Celtic Survival
Early Castles of the Middle Ages
Later Castles of the Middle Ages
Romanesque Churches of the Middle Ages
Gothic Churches of the Middle Ages
Other Secular Buildings and Towns of the Middle Ages
Tudor and Renaissance Architecture
Vernacular Houses
Neoclassicism, Gothick and the Picturesque
Non-domestic Architecture in the Eighteenth Century
Industry and Transport, 1800-1815
Country Houses and Planned Towns, 1800-1915
Religion and Education, 1800-1915
Civic and Communal, 1800-1915
Arts and Crafts to Early Modernism, 1900-1939
Late Modernism, 1940-1985
Recent Developments, 1986-2017, Simon Unwin
Appendix 1: Glossary of Welsh Architectural and Building Terms
Appendix 2: List of Award-winning Architects
Select Bibliography
Index of Architects, Engineers and Designers
General Index